Salim Ahmed Hamdan

A driver and bodyguard for Osama Bin Laden, Mr. Hamdan was the first detainee to face a war crimes trial at Guantánamo Bay. In August 2008, he was convicted on a charge of providing material support for terrorism. A panel of military officers sentenced him to five and a half years in prison and a military judge gave him credit for time already served. As part of a transfer agreement with the United States, the remainder of Mr. Hamdan’s sentence will be served in Yemen. The sentence will end on Dec. 27, 2008.

Note: These documents include some assertions that cannot be independently verified. Many allegations have been contested by detainees and their lawyers, and some have been undercut by other evidence.